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Finding the Good Nut - ERE.net
I was watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory this weekend with my kids — I love that movie and not just because I have a crush on Johnny Depp! It is a fun movie — just lighthearted enough to keep the kids interested with just enough “life lessons” to allow my kids to watch it [... ]
A Job Description Is Not a Job Ad - ERE.net
We all know that a job description is not a job ad. So why do we see so many boring, long, and legalistic job ads — postings that are really just job descriptions? I suspect it boils down to a few things: No time Not enough of the right kind of information about the job [... ]
When Recruiters Don’t Understand What Managers Want - ERE.net
The resumes a recruiter or HR professional screens in and gives to a hiring manager don’t fit the bill. The hiring manager scratches her head, wondering whether the recruiter understands the job, the job description, and what the manager’s really looking for in a candidate. Sound
How to Be Sure Your Job Req Attracts Anyone and Everyone - ERE.net
One of the things that frustrated me when I was a recruiter was a poorly written job description. This was just one of many puzzle pieces that provided the impetus for me to leave recruiting and work on aligning talent strategy with corporate strategy. For those of you who are responsible for
At Least One of a Baker’s Dozen Ways to Measure Quality of Hire - ERE.net
In a recent ERE article I made the contention that if you wanted to convert a corporate recruiting department into a competitive internal executive search group, you had to first develop the hiring process recruiters would use, before you hired the recruiters. This is primarily attributed to the
A Zillion More Reasons to Abolish Job Descriptions - ERE.net
As most of you know, I think job descriptions are the primary reason companies why can’t find or hire top talent. For this reason alone they should be abolished. Here’s the first dozen of a zillion reasons why. Expect for the list of responsibilities, they don’t define jobs at all; they define
Are Corporate Recruiters Capable of Hiring Top Passive Candidates? - ERE.net
In my mind, there are four types of corporate recruiting styles. These are shown below. In fact, I’ll contend (and attempt to prove in this article) that this style directly impacts the quality of people brought into an organization. If quality of hire matters, recruiting leaders need to take this
Bullet Point to the Head : ERE.net
As a (once and future) corporate recruiter “actively looking for his next opportunity,” (translation: unemployed and hitting refresh on Indeed.com), I’ve had the opportunity, for the first time in my career, to experience life across the desk, as one of the unwashed masses
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